Many minerals in the asbestos family can absorb light with a wavelength measuring two-point three micrometers.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

We start at this lower energy state and go up that means we need to absorb a photon, we have to take in energy.

我们从一个低能级开始，到一个高能级去,这意味着需要吸收一个光子，我们要获得能量。

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Absorption is just the opposite of emission, so instead of starting at a high energy level and dropping down, when we absorb light we start low and we absorb energy to bring ourselves up to an n final that's higher.

吸收就是发射的逆过程,与从一个高能量到低能量不同，当吸收光时，我们从低能量开始,吸收能量到一个更高的能量。

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West Africa's mangrove forests absorb thousands of tons of carbon dioxide, and could be a way for the region to get a foothold in the $136-billion carbon world market.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

So this is our grade game, and what I'm going to do, since it's kind of hard to absorb all the information just by reading a paragraph of text, I'm going to make a table to record the information.

就是我们的成绩博弈,因为这么长一段文字,从中摘取信息有点困难,不如我们列表整理信息

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Grybauskaite has said she wants to help formulate a policy that will stabilise public finances, stimulate exports, absorb EU aid faster and provide tax breaks for small and medium-sized businesses.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

AIG CEO Liddy's testimony Wednesday to the House committee comes as lawmakers absorb details of the company pay outs, including a report from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that 73 AIG employees received bonus checks of $1 million or more.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"If all the investment now will be done in the city where there are huge needs to reconstruct all the infrastructure, where there will be a lot of demand in terms of construction work, then you will have again a pull effect from the rural areas back into a city that is not ready to absorb a lot more people than they have today."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16